Improved carpet-stretcher



5mm @man l WILLIAM BROWN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

Letters Patent No. 86,728, dated February 9, 1869.

IMPROVED CARPET-STRETCHER.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame skilled in the art to make and use the same, referencebeing had tothe accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, in whichthe ligure is a side view of my improved carpet-stretcher.

My invention has for its object to furnish a simple, convenient, andeffective self-clutching carpet-stretcher, which shall be so constructedand arranged as to require much less space for operating it than theordinary carpet-stretchers, while at the same time drawing the ear petup closer to the side walls of the room than is possible withcarpet-stretchers constructed in the ordinary manner, which can behandled in much less time than other stretchers, and requires noset-screws to clamp the carpet inthe jaws of the stretcher; and

It consists in the carpet-stretcher, constructed as hereinafter morefully described.

A is the long bar of the stretcher, which I prefer to make hollow, asshown in the figure, as giving greater strength with less weight ofmetal.

The lower end of the bar A is bent as shown in the figure, and upon itsend is formed a short and broad corrugated jaw, a, to enable it to takea firm hold upon the carpet.

The bend of the bar A is slotted longitudinally to receive the part orpiece B, which is curved into about the shape shown in the figure, andis pivoted, at or near its middle part, to the slotted bar A, by arivet, screw, or bolt, as shown in the drawing.

Upon the upper end of the bar or partB is formed a jaw, b, similar insize, form, and construction, t0 the jaw a.

The lower end ofthe bar B is made forked and pointed, as shown in thefigure, to enable the stretcher to take a iirm hold upon the floor whiledrawing the carpet up to its place.

The lower end of the bar B may, if desired, be made with one point, but"I prefer to make it with two, so that by changing the fulcrum, as thecarpet is being drawn to its place,l the instrument may operate withgreater power.

In using the instrument, its forward point is placed upon the floor, ata proper distance from the wall, and the edge of the .carpet is insertedbetween the jaws a. b. The upper end of the bar A is then pushed towardthe wall, the fulcrum changing from the front to thel rear point. Thecarpet is then pushed down to the door, and secured by a tack, and theinstrument re moved, the lower' part of the stretcher being made of sucha length that the loose part along the edge of the carpet will justreach to the wall of the room.

Having thus described my invention,

I claim as n ew, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- An improvedcarpet-stretcher, consisting of the slotted part A audforked arm B,pivoted together, as shown, and having the corrugated-faced jaws a b',all constructed and operating substantially as and for the purposespecified.

The above specification of my invention signed by me, this 28th day ofDecember, 1868.

WM. BROWN.

Witnessesz ALEX. F. ROBERTS, JAMES T. GRAHAM.

